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Penelope at Studio Theatre

Penelope

Studio Theatre
1501 14th St. NW Washington

At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four jealous suitors dressed in Speedos and terrycloth robes woo a beautiful young woman. In Enda Walsh’s extraordinary riff on Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope’s surviving admirers tangle with prophecy and mortality as they contemplate the return of her husband…and the end of their lives.

Presented by Studio Theatre

Thru - Apr 3, 2011

Tuesdays: 7:30pm

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 7:30pm

Saturdays: 7:30pm

Sundays: 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Price: $35-$65

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr, 35 mins with no intermission

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BrightestYoungThings - Recommended

"...I bought the play while there, and I will read it. I am even going to try to go back and see it again. There is really no finer praise that I can give a play than to say, I cannot wait to read it, and then to see it again."

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- William Alberque

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Take one part Beckett non-sequiturs. Add equal parts patented Ionesco loneliness and absurdity. Add a measure of Greek mythology, a heavy dollop of Irish wit, and a piquant dash of Hiberno-English slyness. Shake violently, pour the contents into the empty swimming pool of a dry, decaying, California-style seaside mansion...

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- Terry Ponick

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